PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Dr. Manou Eskandari-Qajar, Assistant Professor of Political Science, taught at UCSB from 1984-1995 and has been a member of the Santa Barbara City College faculty since 1992. Born in Vienna, Austria and raised in Austria and Iran, Dr. Eskandari holds degrees from the Lycée Francais de Vienne, the University of Vienna and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In the fall of 1998, Dr. Eskandari co-directed SBCC's first Washington D.C. Internship program. He was named "Professor of the Year" at UCSB in 1991 and was nominated SBCC Faculty Lecturer of the Year in 1999. In the spring of 2000, Dr. Eskandari-Qajar co-directed SBCC's semester program in Paris, and in the spring of 2007, he co-directed SBCC's first semester program in Turkey and Greece.

Email: eskandar@sbcc.edu

Stanley M. Roden, J.D., is a private mediator/arbitrator having been a trial lawyer for over 35 years. He was a partner at a large Santa Barbara law firm and before that the two-term elected District Attorney for the County of Santa Barbara. He currently teaches Global Conflict Management (GLST 110) and Introduction to International Law (POLSCI 124) at Santa Barbara City College and alternative dispute resolution, conflict management and transnational law courses at Santa Barbara-Ventura Colleges of Law.

Yoav Ben-Horin is Director of Global Jewish Education at New Community Jewish High School in Los Angeles. He was born in Manhattan and lived on four continents through his family’s work with the Israeli Foreign Service. Mr. Ben-Horin obtained Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Oxford University and is currently completing a PhD at Harvard University. Prior to his current position, Yoav Ben-Horin taught courses on the Middle East at Harvard University; was Analyst of Strategic Affairs at the Rand Corporation; Associate Director of the Wilstein Institute for Jewish Policy Studies; and Director of the Israel & Overseas Pillar at the UJC in New York. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Israel – at universities, foreign affairs institutes, and on the radio and television.